The Hockey Star’s Remorse

Chapter 22

After getting back to the apartment, I’d barely set down my things before my phone began to ring. I groaned, not having the patience for any human interaction. It didn’t help that the plane ride home had left me exhausted.

With a sigh, I grabbed it from out of my bag. I barely registered the name on the screen before I thoughtlessly picked up the call.

“Hello?” I said, dropping my keys on the counter. I hurried over to the kitchen and opened the fridge. “This is Evie.”

“Hi, Evie,” Timothy’s voice came through and I nearly dropped the bottle of fruit juice I had grabbed.

I placed the container on the counter and cleared my throat. “Timothy. Hi.”

“Sorry, this is sudden. Considering I just saw you,” he said with a laugh. “I was wondering if you had time this week to discuss the case a bit further?”

“Of course.” I grabbed a glass from the pantry and filled it up with the juice. “Just give me a time, and I’ll likely be free.””

He hummed thoughtfully. “Tonight at four sound good? At the firm?”

“Sounds perfect.” I took a sip of my juice and cringed at how squeaky my voice had sounded.

“Great,” he said, then there was a pause. It seemed neither of us was ready to hang up, at least immediately.

Finally, I spoke up, taking advantage of the silence. “Thank you, by the way.”

“Hm?”

“For yesterday. With my panic attack…you helped a lot.”

I couldn’t see his face, but I could envision the smile that he had grown just based on his tone. “It was no problem,” he said gently.

My grip tightened on my phone and I pressed it closer to my ear. “I’ll talk to you later.”

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good rest of your day,” he

down onto the kitchen floor and pulled my knees. to my chin. I had just taken my anxiety pills, but talking to Timothy made

off again and another text from Bruce flashed across the screen. I opened the text up and saw the full sentence

me, Coco. I’m playing nice for

as those pixelated words sat on my screen. There had been several

lovely today,

start calling you? I’m not into making calls, bad reception and all, but

me, Coco. I’m

and tell him to back off,

that way.

steadying my breaths as they grew shallower. Even from afar, Bruce managed to make me feel

me, with every twisted

text, there was a harsh knock at my door. The sound alone. made me jump and drop my cellphone. It seemed far–fetched, but I had my

skillets. Slowly, I hauled myself up and made

hid the skillet behind me and opened the door, surprising the man on the other side. There was barely any

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being blinded by a

I shielded my eyes and stumbled backward, barely catching myself on the wall. It takes a few blinks before the man is clear again, this time with a whole crowd of people standing behind

asked, scratching the stubble under his chin. He had a camera dangling from

‘Evie‘ specifically?” I

the woman Timothy apologized to. We’ve been looking around trying to find her, but some guy was generous enough to clue

watching me from my doorstep. Hesitantly, I stepped forward and looked at

grass and blankets strewn about. They had even set up a small campfire where two reporters were roasting marshmallows. I

camping

that other news station’s going to

people can’t be serious!” I cried out. “Go

on!” The man leaned toward me, his camera now trained on my face like. an invasive eye.

was fierce when it came to a good story, but this was next level

to do with myself. Any distraction was welcome, whether it was cleaning or folding laundry. The time eventually came for me to head over to the firm, which did little to ease my

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